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Definitions of astringent in various dictionaries:
noun - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
adj - sour or bitter in taste
adj - tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
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| To tighten your pores, you may use one of these, from the Latin for "to draw together" |
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| Medicine Tending to draw together or constrict tissues styptic. |
| Sharp and penetrating pungent or severe: astringent remarks. |
| A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions. |
| Causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues. |
| Sharp or severe in manner or style. |
| An astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily. |
| an astringent lotion applied to the skin to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions or as a cosmetic to make the skin less oily. |
| sharp or severe in manner or style. |
| causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues. |
| a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals |
| Astringent description |
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| An astringent (sometimes called adstringent) is a chemical that shrinks or constricts body tissues. The word derives from the Latin adstringere, which means "to bind fast". Calamine lotion, witch hazel, and yerba mansa, a Californian plant, are astringents.Astringency, the dry, puckering mouthfeel caused by the tannins in unripe fruits, lets the fruit mature by deterring eating. Ripe fruits and fruit parts including blackthorn (sloe berries), Aronia chokeberry, chokecherry, bird cherry, quince and persimmon fruits, and banana skins are very astringent; citrus fruits, like lemons, are somewhat astringent. Tannins, being a kind of polyphenol, bind salivary proteins and make them precipitate and aggregate, producing a rough, "sandpapery", or dry sensation in the mouth. The tannins in some teas and red grape wines like cabernet sauvignon and merlot produce mild astringency. * |